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  1. green1

    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    For exactly the same reasons I stated the first time, with higher resolution you can identify more people at further distances. Given your argument, you might as well save bandwidth by having a two pixel by two pixel sensor. You won't be able to see anything, but apparently that's not important...
  2. green1

    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    For security applications fps is a waste. I also hadn't seen those disappointing field of view angles. Nor had I noticed that the lower resolution is also at a worse aspect ratio. If you can't see how more resolution allows you to identify more people though.... Yikes, this certainly isn't...
  3. green1

    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Mine came with the chime kit, I used the chime kit, the first doorbell died after a week, the second lasted 5 minutes. I spent literal weeks going back and forth with amcrest who confirmed I had everything wired, and configured correctly. A simple Google search shows MANY similar issues from...
  4. green1

    A New Doorbell

    But they should have some way of letting you find the people that they do want you to talk to! I've decided I want to give them money, they just need to figure out how to take it from me.
  5. green1

    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Too bad the vto models are lower resolution than the doorbell version. As you said, no perfect product. I will say, if this is anything like the amcrest version, you might as well figure it as not having a chime relay either. Seems if you hook it up to a chime, there's a high probability of...
  6. green1

    A New Doorbell

    Well Andy isn't willing to post a price, so it's pretty hard to try to buy one from him. They also appear to have radically different visual design.
  7. green1

    A New Doorbell

    Well that's unlikely being that b&h are already selling it, and you are not yet. But beyond that, I just asked them to tell me where to buy any of their door stations, and they simply said they only sell through resellers, but couldn't tell me who those resellers were.
  8. green1

    A New Doorbell

    Yeah, I saw they had it. With still no guess for price or timeframe in this thread, and it looking like the wrong colour anyway, I may go that route. Though I'm seriously considering a VTO2311R-WP or VTO2111D-P-S2 or vto2211g-wp instead. Still nothing out there on the market that checks all the...
  9. green1

    A New Doorbell

    I asked dahua where to buy their products, they couldn't tell me... What a strange way to run a company!
  10. green1

    A New Doorbell

    You say the hardware specs are identical, yet dahua claims higher megapixel count on theirs than any of the others
  11. green1

    A New Doorbell

    Having just given up on the AD410, I'm pretty sure it does not do port 80. I think my wife would shoot me if I put one of the white doorbells up. I'm sure the darker dahua would be fine.
  12. green1

    A New Doorbell

    Does that make us closer to a price and availability date? I must say I'm disappointed by the appearance, the picture in the first post of this thread looked much nicer (especially if available without logo)
  13. green1

    A New Doorbell

    I bought straight from amcrest. Should have been through Amazon and I'd have had some purchase protection. I looked at Lorex, it's still a possibility, but this dahua looks promising. Just looking for updated price and availability. Though I do see B&H photo is advertising that they have them...
  14. green1

    A New Doorbell

    Amcrest is made by Dahua, and for that reason I'm slightly reluctant on the Dahua camera, but my main issue with Amcrest wasn't the doorbells that failed, it was the lack of warranty support when they did. They completely failed to honour the warranty at all until I got the BBB involved. I don't...
  15. green1

    A New Doorbell

    Any update on price or release date for this doorbell? I've completely given up on my Skybells which have given me nothing but grief since day one, and after dealing with Amcrest on 2 failed AD410s I'm reluctant to ever buy anything from that company again, so I'm really looking forward to...